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Alphonse de Lamartine

1790 - 1869

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Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (French: [alfɔ̃s maʁi lwi dəpʁa də lamaʁtin]; 21 October 1790 – 28 February 1869) was a French author, poet, and statesman. Initially a moderate royalist, he became one of the leading critics of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe, aligning more with the Republican Left and Social Catholicism. Lamartine was a leading figure in the 1848 French Revolution and was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic along with the preservation of the tricolor as the flag of France. During the revolutionary year of 1848 he served as Foreign Minister and frequently worked to ease tensions between the government and the working class. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alphonse de Lamartine is the 385th most popular writer (down from 368th in 2019), the 460th most popular biography from France (down from 433rd in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Writer.

Alphonse de Lamartine was a French poet and politician. He was most famous for his work in the 1830s and 1840s.

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Among writers, Alphonse de Lamartine ranks 385 out of 7,302. Before him are Percy Bysshe Shelley, Margaret Mitchell, Appian, Karl May, Sayyid Qutb, and Constantine P. Cavafy. After him are Ali-Shir Nava'i, Julio Cortázar, Auguste Escoffier, Cornelius Nepos, Elena Ferrante, and Sylvia Plath.

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Among people born in 1790, Alphonse de Lamartine ranks 4. Before him are Jean-François Champollion, Leopold I of Belgium, and August Ferdinand Möbius. After him are John Tyler, Sunjo of Joseon, George Everest, Jules Dumont d'Urville, John Frederic Daniell, William Parry, Nicolas Chauvin, and Gideon Mantell. Among people deceased in 1869, Alphonse de Lamartine ranks 3. Before him are Hector Berlioz, and Franklin Pierce. After him are Ghalib, Allan Kardec, Edwin Stanton, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Hijikata Toshizō, Thomas Graham, and Antoine-Henri Jomini.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alphonse de Lamartine ranks 460 out of 6,770. Before him are Paul Barras (1755), Émile Bernard (1868), Theodor Eicke (1892), Leslie Caron (1931), André Le Nôtre (1613), and Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752). After him are Auguste Escoffier (1847), Livilla (-13), Jean Monnet (1888), Alexis Carrel (1873), Paul Éluard (1895), and Jean Fouquet (1420).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alphonse de Lamartine ranks 67. Before him are Ève Curie (1904), Maurice Leblanc (1864), Paul Valéry (1871), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Théophile Gautier (1811), and Jean Genet (1910). After him are Auguste Escoffier (1847), Paul Éluard (1895), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Arthur de Gobineau (1816), Jacques Prévert (1900), and William of Rubruck (1220).

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